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Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-26

DR.. Henry J. Smith, who has frequently
visited Butte as q representative OF the
Pacific Surgical Institute, and whose phe-
nominal success in the treatment of Specia
and Chronic Affections, has been attested
by scores Of testimonials from Butts's
best citizens, hiss, after q three months
stay in San Francisco, returned and re-
opened his branch office in Butte, for the
purpose of treating such cases as require
personal examination and treatment, such
as: Diseases of the Eye, Deafness, Nasal
Catarrh, and all Throat and Lung Aztec
tions, all Diseases of the Rectum, and all
Nervous, Blood and Sexual diseases, and
disabilities affecting both sexes; also, all
cases in any way Crippled, Deformed, or Par
alyzed. We especially call attention to our
new and most successful method OF treat
ing
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-26

home,
II wa impressed to come" he whispered to
me. Something seemed to roll away, and I
saw you among green fields and pleasant pas
lures and was drawn toward you by a subtle
influence. l did not even wait foT baggage
You understands
Ihad heard that day from a fe~llow-boarder
of Mr.. Bangs that his landlady had delicately
mentioned to him that until he could pay his
little bill she should "prefer his room to his
company, and would retain his trunk" and
quite understood.
We got into tho little parlor somehow, and
We all sat down.
"And I'm sure you must be hungry" said
I. "We've supped, of course"-it was 10
o'clock-"but you'll have a bite"
"Don't put yourself to any trouble" said
NJ. Calliope. my dear friends, l beg you
won't put yourself to any trouble on our &C
count. We are tired of city food. We want
the fruits of tho earth-the simple fruits Of
the earth-no more. Give us some milk, g
simple biscuit and your delightful fresh but
ter and a BOWL Of Strawberries, and we ask
no more"
Here Mrs. Turtledove gave an involuntary
shrek. She had presence of mind enough to
say she had seen a spider.
Poor Mr.. Bangs only groaned softly to him
self, but he looked as though the spirits who
had been in the habit of drawing mysterious
apples and oranges from his sleeves had not
been able to find any there that day, or had
carried them off afterward.
The Calliopes were probably disappointed
as to the fruits Of the earth; but they had a n
appetite for sardines, bread and butter, tea
and canned pears. And Mr.. Bangs seemed
to enjoy himself nightly. We put the Rev.
Mr.. Calliope and his wife into our own room.
Miss Calliope shared Miss Mittens' apartment,
and We induced Peggy to take a bolster on a
lounge in the kitchen, while Mr.. Bangs re-
posed in her accustomed bed. As for young
Calliope, we took liberties with him on &C
count of his youth, and put him on the parlor
sofa. And we-oh! well, it didn't matter for
Us. We went up into tho loft-it was four
feet Highland slept on the rag BAG.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-26

TO THOSE OF TIL
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-02-05
LIVING AND DYING.

Finding to-day hard task Como
Finding moral conflict won;
An answering glow the setting su
Ones warm heart giving
Conn an;on,lip of tho.e we prize,
Or cen On. gan e OF love-lit eyes
Ard this Is living
Stealing away an un>hared grief,
While naught but weeds compose the sh 81
Unsigbtly bots uyoa the leaf
Our care belying:
The SKY o'ercast when day begins.
Loving the one anoth r wins
All! this is dying
But death itse.f to life must yield,
And lol Heavens portal are revealed;
The Kings great register unsealed-
Oh, Joy supernal!
Shows us as what we strove to be,
And love has turned for us the key
TO life eternall
-Hdy,f ford Times
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-02-05
Cakes for Everybody.

A down town baker who prides him
self upon the quality of his cakes, ad.
vertiscS thus:
For the pretty gir!-angcl cake.
For the pugili>t-pound cake.
For the DIV pep'ic stomach cake.
For tlc labOrcr-back cake.
For the agriauitulist-hoe cake.
For the I'D headed girl-ginger cake.
For the chiropodist-corn cake.
For the bcat-sppnge cake.
For the impecunious maa-short cake.
For the parasraphcr-spicc cake
Boston Courier.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-02-05

There have been some very largo pur
chases of diamonds by Americans ~
in London dHrirg the past sea on, ow,n4
to their great cheapness. The MARE.
there is flooded with tones from ing
South African fields, where the yleid
said to have reached fully ton PEI
month. Stones of this South African
variety sell as low Us so carat, anoA
rough at 81 or s. q carat.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-02-05
A NEW CASABIANCA
boy stood on the burning roof
Where he for life had fl,.d.

boy stood on the burning roof
Where he for life had fed;
The building, being quite fireproot,
With flames was painted red
Jump" yelled the horror-stricken crowd.
Jump, hubby, from The ridge"
~ can't" he, dancing, shrielsed aloud
"This amt no Brooklyn Bridge
Huge tongues Of flame, in fiendish 10
A-,,arting out like mad,
Commenced to lick that noble boy
AS il they were his dad
The flremen tried, in sad despair,
That gallant youth t. soak;
Alas No stream could h him the
And he began to smoke.
Then came voice of thunder sound
From one cool man below:
"Ill save you, boy-unless you're drown'd-
Jump when say to 60"
Then snatching up the hose he aimed
A mighty stream on high.
Jump on that WATER" he exclaimed,
.'And grab it tighter die"
Hurrahl With one terrific scream
Out leaped the little kid,
And, clinging on that solid stream,
Safe to the ground he slid.
II. C. Dodge, IN 1idBita
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-02-05
COur.ship.

he youth with her was deep in love, ..
His feelin IS he coul I scarc' co;nilano'
And SO he slil: &c We me this gio'e
That now protects your lily hand'
A tear shone in her eye so blue,
And as her bosom rose and fell,
She said: The glove is yours, II you
WI take the hand as WELL"
Boston CourtA
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-02-05

There are twenty seven peaks In Ne
vada exceeding 10000 feet in height.
Whecler's Peak, 1905 fe above the
level of the sea, has The distinction of be-
ing the highest point in Nevada
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-02-05
PITH AND POINT.
An old score-Twenty.
Sweet home-A beehive.

An old score-Twenty,
Sweet home-A beehive.
Hop farmer-A one-legged agricul-
turist-SytiHgs.
General Horace Porter says Miss Lib
erty can hold thirty-six men in her hand
TIL t brings her about up TO the average
girl of the period. -Bostoa Herald
Our eyes, so very prone to trac'
In others signs OF sin,
Are blinded often if the man
Has pocketSful Of tin
--Strfnga
Miss Kate Sc 'ly, OF West Point, Ind.
having thrashed the postm nter, an
nounees that she can lick any postage
stamp in the countrywide Horb Jovr.
nal.
There was young lady in Bassville
Who said to her lover: ALAS VIII.
You come every night
And you talk such q sight.
That the people all call you my Gas Bill
Among the fashionable folie, to 10
perpetrated by society this season is .
novelty in the way of dinners. This
will consist OF a banquet at which only
the flesh of young kids will be served
1t is not announced whether they are 70
be eight button or mousluetaire kids.
but something stylish is predi-ted.-
Byston Herald.
To his girls fond father irate,
Said Susanna's vii lam dearf
Il have something, aged Iirate,
For to tell Your privateer."
But the old man said him nay,
And b smote the frisky sutton
"If pirate as you say,
am also freebooter"
-Rombler
First Pastor sec tina. the demand
for small coins still keeps up" Second
Pastor-"So see. Unless it Is quickly
gratitied most of us will soon be preach
ing to pretty small congreg tions. REQ.
pie stay away from church rather tina.
be made to feel uncomfortable by nos
dropping something into the contriou'
ton box. Dispatch.
WHY SHE SIGHED.
"Why slightest thou, my fairest fair
Why droop those eyes Of grayf
Has rrow shade thy young life.
Or to.en its bloom away
Confiie in me, my rose, my queen'
Nv souls bound up in you"
"Oh, Harold, could you love me, deaf'
If my nose were turning blue"
-Ne,c YORK Journo@
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-01-21

parade ground were their quarters
The ground was frozen to q depth 81
five feet, the snow WAS a. foot deep
and no Indication Of melting. A day
was appointed for the snow battle,
The Tennesseeans marched out ana
formed q line OF BATTLE, their drums
beating, bugles blowing. coIors tiyiu.
and officers mounted. Every soldie,
had q knapsack full Of snowballs.
The Georgians formed and prepared
to make the attack by crossing the
branch. There were 10000 men on
each side and the scene was very im.
posing. Assoon as the Georgians cross
ed the branch they met terrific
fusilade from the Tennesseeans. who
were at home iN the snow. The COM
mander of the Tennesseeans, O. hand
some fellow named Gordon, who was
from Franklin, Tenn, was captured,
but bold dash was made by the
Tenneseeans, and he was rescued.
The Georglans and South Carolinians,
being unused to the snow, were at a
great disadvantage, and were forced
back across the branch. As the Ten
nesseeans crossed the branch they wet
their snowballs, and the next volley
fired at the Georgia and Carolina boy
was terrible in its effect Pressing on,
the Fennesseeans captured the quar-
tiers and proceeded to loot the whole
shebang, carrying off rations, tobacco,
pipes, and everything else that did
not belong to the government. That
snowballing, in which 10000 men
took part, was no doubt the biggest
thing Of the kind that ever occurred
In Georgia, Or will ever occur again.
Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-01-21
Mrs, Cleveland's, Laneua9e.

Cincinnati Enquirer. Nine Romero,
wife Of the Mexicon minister, intro
duced friend to Mrs. Cleveland and
asked her il she spoke Spanish. Mrs.
Cleveland smiled with ns fable sweet
ness and replied she did not, and said
further: - ~ -
q fear I do not speak any language
but my mother tongue" .z.-S. !.
1t was right royalty said, and should
be a rebuke to those who have been
cracking their threats and their
/ tongues in their endeavors to speak
the language OF every foreign envoy
stationed here, aud who get only fidi.
Guile for their awkward ATTEMPTS.
Mrs. Cleveland would have had The
hearty approval OF Nine. de Struye,
wife OF the Russian minister, who res.
proved some American girls for talk-
ing their bad French in the White
House, and told them it was not po-
Ute tospeak other than the EpklishE
language in the house Of the American
presid dent. @ 81 n. 5..' 3
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-01-21
Points for Porkerites..
Boston. Herald.


If you want to find out the true
character of a man get him into.
game OF porker. He is bound to snow
his true colors there. 1t does not
make any difference whether he is a
winner or a loser, he will show him.
self Just as he is before he gets through.
It takes a cool head and lots OF nerve
to keep quiet in a game OF poker, watch
the players and never be- moved
by the. jokes, growls and jeers. OF fel.
low~players. There are some players
who never know when they are being
! whipped around the bush. These fel-
lows, are never satisfied with the text
Of the game. Ii the ante is twenty
tive cents they will invariably make
it seventy-tive cents when it comes
their turn, so as to. make a. jack pot.
| But it is seldom that they win one OF
these big pots. Some quiet duck. who.
had no hand in thejob, will open the pot
with two pair or better, and then one
OF the smart Alecks, with small pair,
and an ace, or a. bob-tail flush will
raise the pot and attempt to- steal
by a reckless bluff. But he. always
| geJs g. call, ana IN the end finds, him.
| self only the deeper in the hole. And
then he swears, calls the fellow who
beats him a tight-bellied player, and
thinks he is playing in terrible hard
| luck. A man who makes it a. practice
OF b!uffing in small limit game, or
who invariably comes in on o. small
pair when a jackpot is opened, is
nothing short of g. chump. Put that
in your pipe and smoke it, aa it fits q
good many of you. There. are some
players you never can satisfy, no nat.
ter how you play; SO the only way is
to attend to- your own business, keep
| your mouth shut id your eyes open,
| play your henlsnalGr all there is in 1t,
see that the cards are we'll shuHied
and cut, and when you find chronic
GROWER or a buffer in the game stady
his game and make him your meat, IL
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-01-21

II
ran TO over take them 81 onp the bank
OF the Seine, which i knew they would
have to follow in order to reach the
railroad station Of Chanton. ..i,z#.
- CAME up with them very soon.
The night had become perfectly black
walked stsalthily through the grass,
so that they could not hear me- Ny
mother was stili crying. Ny father
said: It was all your fault. Why
did you insist on seeing hin2 It was.
simply madness for people in our po..
sition to do such thing, We could
have done him all the good imagina-
BILE without showing ourselves at all.
Since We cannot possibly recognize
him, what was the use of making
these dangerous visits?'' r.:
.1saw everything red that moment
don't know how it happened had
my compass in my pocket, and I
struck him with it-struck him as
hard as could, and as many times
as I could. :
''Then she began TO scream, Help,
naurder!-and pull out my beard. It
seems killed her, too. How do /
know what / did in that moment? -.
'"rhen leaped right in front OF them
and duplicated. I stammered out:
You know very well you are my par
ents-you have rejected me once; will
You now repel nne second time?
'"Then, your honor, he raised his
hand against me-he did swear it
by my manhood, by the law, by the
republic! He struck me!-and when
took him by the neck he pulled re.
volver out OF his pocket.
''Then, when I saw them both lying
there dead, I pitched them into the
Seine, without reflection.
THAT is all. Now, Judge me!''
The prisoner resumed his seat. In
view OF this revelation the case was
held over to be tried at the next ses.
| sion.. 1t will soon come up. If we
were on the jury what would We dc
with this parricide?
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-01-21
A Portrait Of Henry Clay.
December Century.

December Century.
Mr.. Clay was tall and broad shout
dered without being bulky or heshy,
and when at all excited was OF stately
and commanding presence. Though
his long limbs were loosely puttogeth..
ward or uncouth, nor ever embarrass.
ed; on the contrary, it was easy and
natural, and wholly unpretentions; it
was the easy, nonchalant air Of a.
man accustomed to the ways of the
world, and conscious that he was at
least the peer of the foremost in every
crowd in which he happened to. be.
Indeed, my own opinion is that he
WIS never in the slightest degree, even
in his early youth, awed by the pres
ence OF any one; he never seemed to
feel, and my belief is he never felt, that
he was ever at any time in the pres.
ence Of any one superior to himself.
And therefore he was not only
strikingly at ease, but at home,
wherever he was, whether among his
neighbors or strangers, whether at a,
social gathering or at the bar. or as
the Speaker of the House of Represent
tatives, or on the floor Of the senate;
and ill., my Judgment he would have
felt equally at home at a. con-
ference with kings and emperors.
He seemed to have not only an in
stinctive consciousness of his own
strength but for his own SPECIAL ca.
pacity for leadership. Therefore he
would take the lead to himself as il
unconsciously, whatever the occasion.
and as naturally and az gracefully as
if it were his birthright; and few there
were, if any,, who ever seemed to be
surprised that he had taken the place
tor which nature appeared to have
designed him. Indeed, without any
appearance Of self assertion on his
part, and as if unconsciously to him.
self, there was g. something in his pres
ence and his manner that gave to him
an authoritative air, and made him for
the time the central, the commanding
figure OF the group about him.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-01-21
PATS sHREWDPuRcr
Row . Worthy Couple Succeeded In Secur-
ing for Themselves G. Home.

How Worthy Couple Succeeded In secur-
ing for Themselves 6. Home.
@Pat," said Boston Globe reporter
to prominent political light of q sub
urban town. II hear you have been
buying house."
"An' is it maxim fun O. me We arc ?'
said Pat.
Making fun of YOU Why, no, Why
should I make fun of you!"
"Well, I didn't know but yees had
heard how I bought it,"
"Why, no, Pat" said the reporter
chow was it,"
"Well, I'll tell yez, only yez musn'
be afther putin it in the Globe"
"Ye see, the hose was foine one m
it was advertised to be sold at aucti on
because the mon was a-goin' to build +
o bigger one"
Eyes, I see," said the reporter.
can, says Bridget, says she, pat
cudn't we buy it, sure SAYS she, ar
move it onto the bit Of lot we OVID ?
says She"
"And very good plan, too, said tbs
reporter.
"An',' says +, sBiddy, says I, wcu
see, says I.
"Well, when the day came, went to
the auction, an I stud in the crowd
an by an by the TELLER what did the
talkin' stud up forninst the corner Of
the house, an says he Gentlemen,
says he, how much am bid for tlli.
hoo? says he.
"'An;,' says I.'l'l give yez SIS, says 7
can says he, 4 have thirty alridy,
says he he:
An thin they commenced to bid
one an anither, an bid with the rist
BY an bye they all stopped but two O,
three, an I had bid hundred an fifty
"A hundred an sixty says the man
"A hundred an slxty-feive,' says I
AN SO we whit on, foive an tin dol
lars at time, until there was only one
mon lift, an he was round the corne,
where I cuddent sec him, but the auc-
tioneer could see him, becase he stud
forninst the corner dye see?
"But was bound to have the housc
an l kipt on abidden' till I had bid tive
hundred an ninety-foive.
Thray hundred says the murtherin
william. AM says I, let him have it.,
says [. Not anither clint will I give.
"'Sold for thray hundred dollars,
sed the mon, an the crowd began to &c
away
chin says I to meself, Til jist g.
round the ither soiae, an see who the
ould idget is that paid thray hundred
dollars for the Guild house. So L whit
round and I NIT Bridget.
'Biddy, says /, we've lost it, says
"'Pat says she, we've got it, says
she.
"'What do you mane?' says I
"'I've bought the house, says she.
But the ould rascal the ither side mac
me pay thray hundred for it, says she
1Biddy, says I, yez may jest knock
me down wild yer dish cloth, says I.
can that's the way I bought the
house, but don't put it in the paper
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-01-21
An Affectionate Squirrel.

We>frequently hear of a pet dog, or
even horse or bird, mourning for a
lost master or mistress till it pines
away. The Atlanta Constitution tells
the same story OF n pet squirrel
The intensity of animal affection
has Just been pathetically illustrated
in this city. Three years ago Mr..
Jacob Gardner, of Bull Street, sold a
large bla k squirrel, which had attract
ed consl..era bic attention while at the
store on account of its unusual size
and the beauty Of it's coat.
The ANIMAL became the favorite pet
OF lts purchaser, and was often given
the freedom of the house, and other
liberties not often enjoyed by it's kind
when in captivity were extended to
it. Occasionally the chatterer left the
premises, but never failed to return
when night approached. 1t was the
object of almost constant petting and
caressing, and nearly always slept
Struggled up in the arms ofits mistress.
A few days ago the owner left the city
for q few days, leaving the squirrel at
home. The little animal soon missed
her and ran from room to room, all
over the mouse and grounds, in search
Of her, giving unmistakable evidence OIL
grief. All efforts at consolation on the
part OF Others were unavai.ing, and
the squirrel refused either to be com
torted or to partake OF it's usual food,
from time to time giving vent to pit
itul little cries Indicative of grief.
After nearly a week had elapsed and
it became evident that the little sor-
rower's death was matter OF only a
few days, the owner was notified and
returned home. Her arrival was greet
ed with evidences OF wild joy by the
squirrel, which jumped into her arms
with all the signs OF happiness that
its weakened condition would permit.
1t made every effort to partake of the
tempting food placed before it, but
was unable to swallow, and the fol-
lowing day, with its eyes turned al
most pitifu'ly into those Its mistress,
it sazea out its life while lying in her
arms.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-01-21
Lincoln Reverenced Women.

In the January Century Nicolay and
Hay introduce as follows their &C
count of Lincoln's love affairs: "Up-
on temperament thus predisposed
to look at things i'll their darker as
pect, it might naturally be expected
that a love affair which was not per.
fectly happy would be productive O.
great misery. But Lincoln seemed es-
pecially chosen to the keenest suffer
ing in such q conjuncture. The pio.
neer, as a rule, was comparatively
free from any troubles of the
imagination. To quote Mr.. Nc
Connell again: There was no
romance in his 1.-THE pioneer's) comro;
sition. He had no dreaminess; Medi.
tation was no part Of his mental hab.
it; q poetica| fancy would, in him,
have been'an indication Of Insanity:
II he reclined at the foot Of a free, on
still summer day, it was to sleep; ii
he 2azed out oyer the waving prairie.
it was to search for the column oil
smoke which told OF his enemies ap-
proach; if he turned his eyes towards
the blue heaven, it was to prognosti.
cate zto-morrow's rain or sunshine.
If he bent his gaze towards the green
earth it was to look for Indian sign
or buffalo trail. His wife was
only a helpmate; he never thought OF
making a divinity OF her But
Lincoln could never have claimed
this happy immunity from ideal tri.
ais. HIS published speeches show
how much the poet in him was con-
stantly kept in check; and at this time
of his life his imagination was suf6.
GENTLY alert to infict upon him the
sharpest anguish. His reverence for
women was so deep and tender, that
he thought a.l,inillry to one OF them
was q sin too heinous to be expiated
No Hamlet, dreaming amid the tur.
rets OF Elsinore. no Sidney creating a
chiyalrous Arcadia, was fuller of mys.
tic and shadowy fancies Of the worth
and dignity Of woman than this back.
woods politician. Few men ever lived
more sensitiyely and delIcately tende.
toward the sex. ~ =.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-01-21
Twenty Thousand Soldiers Snow
ballinR.

In January, 1884, while the conted-
crate troops were in winter quarters
at Dalton, there can1esa big snow
storm, and &c, 900 soldiers went into 3
regularly organized snowballing. On
one side ola branch was the parade
ground Of che Georgia and South
Carolina troops, and back OF that the
quarters. On the opposite side Of the
branch was the parade ground Of the
Tennesseears. and back Of their